The Winners
Complete list of 2009 British Academy Film Award winners and nominations
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News, photos and reaction from Emily Philips on the red carpet
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Photos of the stars arriving for the 2009 BAFTA ceremony
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Pictures of the BAFTA winners and on-stage presenters
The Winners Slumdog Bags The BAFTAs
The Empire team let out a heartfelt cheer this evening as Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire romped to victory at the BAFTAs. Scooping a total of seven gongs, including Best Film, Best Director and best Adapted Screenplay. Coming in a distant second was The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, with three awards, but by any standard tonight was Slumdog's night.
Kate Winslet added yet another shiny ornament for her mantelpiece, scooping Best Actress. Nominated for both Revolutionary Road and The Reader, Winslet picked up the award for the latter, fears of a split vote proving unfounded. Penelope Cruz took Best Supporting Actor for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Mickey Rourke seemed genuinely humbled when he took the stage to accept Best Actor for The Wrestler and also won Empire's honorary award for best speech of the evening when he thanked Darren Aronofsky for taking a chance on him after he'd spent a great many years fucking up his career. Finally, in the least surprising moment ever, Heath Ledger's phenomenal turn as The Joker in Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight was recognised as Ledger received a posthumous award for Best Supporting Actor.
BEST FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceαn Chaffin
FROST/NIXON Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
MILK Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
THE READER Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Christian Colson
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
HUNGER Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen, Enda Walsh
IN BRUGES Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
MAMMA MIA! Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd, Catherine Johnson
MAN ON WIRE Simon Chinn, James Marsh
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
SIMON CHINN (Producer) Man On Wire
JUDY CRAYMER (Producer) Mamma Mia!
GARTH JENNINGS (Writer) Son of Rambow
STEVE McQUEEN (Director/Writer) Hunger
SOLON PAPADOPOULOS, ROY BOULTER (Producers) Of Time And The City
DIRECTOR
CHANGELING Clint Eastwood
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON David Fincher
FROST/NIXON Ron Howard
THE READER Stephen Daldry
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BURN AFTER READING Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
CHANGELING Joe Michael Straczynski
IVE LOVED YOU SO LONG Philippe Claudel
IN BRUGES Martin McDonagh
MILK Dustin Lance Black
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Eric Roth
FROST/NIXON Peter Morgan
THE READER David Hare
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Justin Haythe
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Simon Beaufoy
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel
GOMORRAH Domenico Procacci, Matteo Garrone
I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel
PERSEPOLIS Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli, Ari Folman
ANIMATED FILM
PERSEPOLIS Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
WALLE Andrew Stanton
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Ari Folman
LEADING ACTOR
FRANK LANGELLA Frost/Nixon
DEV PATEL Slumdog Millionaire
SEAN PENN Milk
BRAD PITT The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
MICKEY ROURKE The Wrestler
LEADING ACTRESS
ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Ive Loved You So Long
MERYL STREEP Doubt
KATE WINSLET The Reader
KATE WINSLET Revolutionary Road
SUPPORTING ACTOR
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Tropic Thunder
BRENDAN GLEESON In Bruges
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Doubt
HEATH LEDGER The Dark Knight
BRAD PITT Burn After Reading
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS Doubt
PENΙLOPE CRUZ Vicky Cristina Barcelona
FREIDA PINTO Slumdog Millionaire
TILDA SWINTON Burn After Reading
MARISA TOMEI The Wrestler
MUSIC
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Alexandre Desplat
THE DARK KNIGHT Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
MAMMA MIA! Benny Andersson, Bjφrn Ulvaeus
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE A. R. Rahman
WALLE Thomas Newman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHANGELING Tom Stern
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Claudio Miranda
THE DARK KNIGHT Wally Pfister
THE READER Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Anthony Dod Mantle
EDITING
CHANGELING Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
THE DARK KNIGHT Lee Smith
FROST/NIXON Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
IN BRUGES Jon Gregory
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Chris Dickens
PRODUCTION DESIGN
CHANGELING James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
THE DARK KNIGHT Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Mark Digby, Michelle Day
COSTUME DESIGN
CHANGELING Deborah Hopper
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Jacqueline West
THE DARK KNIGHT Lindy Hemming
THE DUCHESS Michael O'Connor
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Albert Wolsky
SOUND
CHANGELING Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff
THE DARK KNIGHT Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo
QUANTUM OF SOLACE Jimmy Boyle, Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor
SLUMDOG MILLIONARE Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp
WALLE Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams
THE DARK KNIGHT Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL Pablo Helman, Marshall Krasser, Steve Rawlins
IRON MAN Hal Hickel, Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow
QUANTUM OF SOLACE Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug
MAKE UP & HAIR
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan
THE DARK KNIGHT Peter Robb-King
THE DUCHESS Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald
FROST/NIXON Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio
MILK Steven E. Anderson, Michael White
SHORT ANIMATION
CODSWALLOP Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod
VARMINTS Sue Goffe, Marc Craste
WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker
SHORT FILM
KINGSLAND #1 THE DREAMER Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni
LOVE YOU MORE Caroline Harvey, Anthony Minghella, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber
RALPH Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler
SEPTEMBER Stewart le Marιchal, Esther May Campbell
VOYAGE DAFFAIRES (THE BUSINESS TRIP) Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis
ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
MICHAEL CERA
NOEL CLARKE
MICHAEL FASSBENDER
REBECCA HALL
TOBY KEBBELL
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
PINEWOOD STUDIOS AND SHEPPERTON STUDIOS
ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
TERRY GILLIAM
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Jackman was GREAT!!
Hugh Jackman was definitely the best host The Oscars could have ever had...he can certainly dance thats for sure (The Reader anybody? lol).
But honestly what were Daniel Craig and SJP doing? SJP sounded like she had a lisp and Daniel sounded a monotoned...shame really for a guy who has reinvented the best spy around (ok so Bourne IS the BEST spy around).
Kate Winslet finally getting her Oscar (YESSS!!!) I didnt see this cos I went to bed after Heath's award was announced (about time!!) Oth... Read More
Just the moment he saw himself kissing Penn, then moved his arm around Rogen was nice, though it was all kinda dull.
Still, Fey and Martin do great together, except that 30 Rock episode, seemed a little bland and overblown, here's hoping those two and Gervais could triple team an Oscar ceremony next year, edgy, coarsish and actually funny, the stuff we like but Hollywood is afraid will alienate viewers. Screw viewers, they watch Lost, Lost for goodness sake. ... Read More
I have a soft spot for Hugh Jackman and thought he did a great job as the presenter of the Oscars. He bought huge ammounts of charsmia, jokes and songs with the A-Listers tapping their toes to the beat. He should get ten out of ten, without doubt. Funny about Ben Stiller joking Joaquin Phoenix, total genius. And as for his other presenter, Natalie Portman looked stunning in her dress. My sister was over the moon that Rob Patterson was there and found him "Fit" Whatever. The crappist wa... Read More
I'm very glad Wall-e one best animated film. I was quite worried for it at the BAFTAs, being pitted against 2 other very well reviewed films, but thank god it won out there. I don't think Persepolis (which, dayglowjoe, was nominated last year at the Oscars) or Waltz with Bashir, however good they are, should have won, or even considered, some might find the black and white of Persepolis haunting, or beautiful and something similar for Waltz, but to me, It should be teh film with the best animati... Read More
Slumdog deserved the attention it recieved. Mickey and Danny get the award for best speeches. I agree with tres long though because The Dark Knight was seriously overlooked. Considering Slumdog is one superb film it did deserve every award it recieved ... Read More
I know pixar are great but they always win this award. It should've gone to Persepolis, one of the finest films I've seen in a long time. ... Read More
i feel let down but the winning categories here. i do ont know if this is due to politcs or what but i think batman has been serverly over looked. do people realise that comic book movies can be about more than a guy in a fancy suit beating people up?
sorry bafta but i think its a joke. Mickey Rourke though was pretty awesome in The Wrestler. ... Read More
Man On Wire is for me certainly one of the best films of 2008. It was a real pleasure and I'm glad it is acknowledged. Also it's great for Noel Clarke. I thought he was much younger; however I enjoyed both kid and adulthood. I've been meaning to but have yet to watch Slumdog Millionaire. I hope it is as good as the pundits say it is. Also, most may not agree with me but I was hoping Downey Jr won the supporting actor gong. I was disappointed with Tropic Thunder but it was Downey Jr and To... Read More
I understand that they are probably voted for by different people but it surely makes no sense for Slumdog to win Best overall film but not win Best British film. There is a bit of a contradiction there methinks. ... Read More
cool, all i hope is that they are up to the task of pulling off 'normal' looking people, i also wanna know what this is going to be tonally? Is it gonna be kiddy or is it going to go down the route of stuff like Beowolf and be more 'adult'. Also 1906 sounds pretty cool, but again i wanna know about the tone. Cos lets be honest it could just be about a rat or something in the earthquake. ... Read More
If anyone is going to pull this off it's Pixar, I'm very intrigued to see if their golden touch will translate to live action- bloody hope so! ... Read More
They can probably pull it off well anyways but being Pixar they'll probably do something groundbreaking and different aswell. Perhaps now they've roundhouse kicked 2-D animation of the planet they are ready to replace live-action filmmaking also, en route to world domination.... ... Read More